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Relationship that we have in this area. but a full investigation is under way. the sort of investigation we always conduct. well certainly update you as we get accurate information, not speculation. id just close by saying we need to stand together united in this country when these heart wrenching times take place. thank you. >> dana: that was general james mattis, our defense secretary answering about the story we started the daily briefing with which was with jennifer griffin at the pentagon a...

Wasnt just congresswoman listening in on the conversation. that was conversation in which the president was on speaker phone and people who heard his remarks not only the widow and congresswoman but another member of sergeant johnsons families who confirms that the congresswomans account is correct. told "washington post," president trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and me and my husband. confirmed again to the "new york times" tonight. knew what he was getting into when he signed up. ...

There are affiliates of isis battling there. a group that carried out the attack is a group thats the islamic state inno hara, regardless. its a real threat, do they have the support they need? there was question whether search and rescue were required after this. they were relying on french assets, they were relying on a private contractor for evacuation as was reported by barbara starr. who should be held accountable? is it the generals on the ground, the president. are there enough resources ...

The call never comes. is hes going to send him $25,000. the check isnt sent today when the story gets out. these are two reports we have tonight. we begin with how the president and his white house are dealing with the criticism of another family of a fallen soldier, one of four u.s. servicemen killed by enemy fire in niger. he was 25 years old with a wife, two young children and a third on the way. today the woman who raised him said the president disrespected her son with what he said in the c...

We can talk about what they were doing in niger in a moment, but why the president wouldnt have put the statement out? >> i cant come up with a good reason why he wouldnt have. the only thing is there was ambiguity around the fourth soldier. there was lack of clarity about the situation. i dont understand why you wouldnt immediately come out, or in the case of soldiers in iraq still fighting in mosul, why you wouldnt take the time to do that. >> youre right. after every encounter like that, ther...

>> as far as the stance we take the efforts we take and the force protection efforts and the capabilities, i dont telegraph that and i dont want to tell the enemy what were doing. i prefer not to answer that. we honor or fallen in america and thats all the more ill say about the gold star families. thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. >> i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon as we look at what we heard from the defense secretary. there was some news in there barba barbara. >> ind...

One of worst moments in her life, her sad -- the sad loss and following right behind the congresswoman, we have all the sheep in the lapdog media, piling on the president. assuming the worst of president trump. assuming that the trump hating congresswoman is correct. they only heard one side of the story. watch this, as usual. >> a long list of strange, bizarre interactions the president has on a daily basis. we could find ten or 11 or 12 yesterday of pot to my public record. >> hes incompetent ...

Congresswomans words were acrate. the congresswoman said this when asked about it. >> stunned. still stunned. so insensitive. mr. trump is crazy. >> if t feud did little to shed light on what led to the ambush that killed johnson and three other soldiers. asked earlier why he didnt address the attack for nearly two weeks, the president falsely claimed his pres predecessors did not contact the families of fallen troops. >> if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didnt ma...

Date, used the word stunning, stunned, variations of that. it was stunning the way he went after the congressman, the congresswoman. you asked if trump put him up to it. he seemed to be speaking personally and had this story from 2015 with a level of disdain that was quite surprising, calling her an empty barrel twice, referring to her as this woman, never saying her name or acknowledging that she actually had a role in sergeant johnsons life. i mean, he talked about, for instance, how sergeant ...

When are we going to learn more as to what exactly happened. >> theres no clear timeline yet for when the pentagons investigation to this will wrap up. i will expect when it does, we see a briefing to congress. a closed briefing to congress because senator john mccain has been asking questions and going to look at things like why they were attacked. whether help arrived fast enough and why the body of sergeant johnson was found so many days later. what exactly happened there. >> lets talk to you...